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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
	rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Breakpoint ignored.
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:21:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvhbtvv7v0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m34opvhh95.fsf@hase.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:20:38 +0200")

>> You are probably missing the fact that Emacs tries to optimize the
>> case of insertion of a single character.
>> 
>> This optimization was very important in 1985.
>> But computers are much faster now.

> It's more than about speed.  It also about making useful undo
> boundaries, and this feature should not be killed.

I added this feature to Fself_insert_command, so there shouldn't be any
such difference in this respect any more.


        Stefan


PS: The mere presence of such a difference counts as a bug to me.




      reply	other threads:[~2009-10-19 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-18  2:55 Breakpoint ignored Óscar Fuentes
2009-10-18  4:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-18 14:39   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-18 18:46     ` Óscar Fuentes
2009-10-19  2:39   ` Richard Stallman
2009-10-19  3:18     ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-19  6:22       ` Miles Bader
2009-10-19 13:19         ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-19 22:53         ` Richard Stallman
2009-10-20  0:59           ` David Kastrup
2009-10-20  1:44             ` Óscar Fuentes
2009-10-20  2:03               ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-21  4:58             ` Richard Stallman
2009-10-19  3:35     ` Daniel Colascione
2009-10-19  9:20     ` Andreas Schwab
2009-10-19 13:21       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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